

The police made it as difficult as they could, the weather was threatening, and the media as oppositional and/or indifferent as always, but still freedom lovers came to the 9/11 Freedom Rally from all over the U.S., Canada, Israel and Europe. Lower Manhattan was a police state, with roadblocks everywhere and police demanding passes of anyone and everyone. I had a hard time getting through to get to my own event, even though I was one of the two organizers and hosts. I nearly had the signs for the podium, which you can see in some of the pictures below, confiscated by one zealous gendarme.
The great Hindu activist Narain Kataria wrote this to me:
My 15 friends complained to me (each one separately) that Police did not allow them to come to our gathering and they went home.
I am sure some of your people also must have been prevented from joining us.
Do you think there was a plan/instruction to discourage people from attending our gathering.
I was surprised when one black cop came to me and my friends and asked: are you in the right place. In fact, he wanted us to go to the pro-mosque group.
But still they came, and they and other freedom lovers heard numerous inspiring defenders of human rights.
We started with Christian, Hindu, and Sikh clergy, praying for all the victims of the jihad and Islamic supremacism that threaten us all. (We had a rabbi scheduled also but apparently he, like so many others, couldn’t make it through the police mazes.) Then came the speakers, from jihad flashpoints the world over, representing a huge spectrum of the defense of freedom, human rights and human dignity.
Dr. M. G. Prasad (center) teaches recitation of Sanskrit prayers, Vedic chanting, Hindu scriptures and worship practices for children, youth and adults. He has written four books on Hinduism. He is a director in the board of directors of Hindu University of America in Orlando, Florida. He was joined in prayer by his associates Nanda Gorur and Vivek Vasanth. 
Rosaleen Tallon (right) is the sister of hero firefighter and reservist in the United States Marine Corps, Sean Tallon. Their mother Eileen is at left. Sally Regenhard (center) is the mother of hero firefighter Christian Regenhard, killed in the 9/11 attacks. She is an American activist who has become one of the leading voices for the families of the victims of the September 11 attacks.
Alan T. DeVona was the World Trade Center Patrol Sergeant who was on duty during the 9/11 jihad attack.
Ilario Pantano is a war hero, a former United States Marine Corps second lieutenant. He has also been an author and a television commentator, and has served as a deputy sheriff in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a Republican Party nominee for the US House of Representatives in 2010.
Anders Gravers, from Denmark, is an activist and politician who is the leader of Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE), Europe’s leading coalition resisting jihad and Islamization.
René Stadtkewitz (here pictured with his associate Marco Pino, left) is a member of the Berlin Parliament in Germany and the founder and chairman of Die Freiheit, the Freedom — Civil Rights Party for More Freedom and Democracy, which is the only party in Germany dedicated to resisting jihad activity in all its forms.
Ezra Levant is a warrior for free speech in Canada whose Western Standard magazine was one of the only ones in the Western world to stand up to Islamic intimidation and reprint the Danish cartoons of Muhammad. He hosts The Source daily on Sun News Network, and has written several books on politics, including Shakedown: How our government is undermining democracy in the name of human rights.
James Lafferty is the leader of the Virginia Anti-Sharia Taskforce (VAST). The mission of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force is to oppose and assist others in resisting the implementation of the radical, barbaric and anti-Constitutional Shariah law in Virginia or anywhere in America.
Helen Freedman is the executive director of Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI). AFSI a major political support group for the Jewish communities of Judea, Samaria and the Golan. AFSI supports the right of Israelis, free from outside interference, to live, thrive and expand their communities in all of the Land of Israel. These photos are all courtesy Jihad Watch reader David, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the rally Saturday. Pamela Geller has more photos, and links to still more, here. Pamela Hall also has excellent coverage, here.